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Melissa Shook: A Life in Photographs Melissa Shook (1939-2020) wasn’t a name widely recognized during her lifetime, yet her quietly profound body of work—primarily self-portraits and intimate family studies—has steadily gained recognition as a cornerstone of American documentary photography. Born in New York City amidst the burgeoning social and artistic currents of the late 1960s, Shook's life was inextricably linked to her art, a c…
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